I just turned in my senior thesis to get my degree. I started the paper in 2007...it took me a very long time to finish it. However, I am in a very different place in my life today than I have been. You put me on a path to complete this a while back and all the while I had no idea. I always told myself I would get around to finishing the paper; I would get around to getting my degree, but You saw how the path I was on would not lead me to where I am today. So, You did what I could not do for myself and I did not see that until today.
I was hired for a great company as an administrative assistant. This position did not require a college degree and positions like that do not come open very often. You blessed me! I thought it would be the end of things when my boss who had been with the company decided to leave, as well as another co-worker in my group. I received a different boss that, in my humble opinion, was and is not a people person and it made me feel as if I wanted to leave the company for anything else. I actually had an interview with another company, and I thought the interview went very well. However, I did not get the job. Again, You blessed me! The last of my co-workers from my group retired and while his responsibilities were being doled out, I got a new boss out of it. You really blessed me with her! She is the angel I needed that would open my eyes to so very much and give me the encouragement I could not give myself. When I could not do for myself, You did for me. Through my new boss you made me see the strength I have but never paid attention to; You offered me encouragement when many other areas of my life made it feel as if my world would be crashing down; You made realize I am capable of many great things with You as my guide and with the angels You place in my life.
I will be graduating college in May 2016! I had lost hope, but You restored it. I already see so many opportunities presenting themselves to me and it is because of You. I pray I never forget that. I did not do this on my own. While there are other things going on in my life I wish I could fix, I am slowly but surely beginning to understand Your will is so much better than my own. I am learning how You guide me and speak to me through other people.
As this year comes to an end, I pray I am able to pay it forward and You use me in some body's life the way You see fit. Thank You, thank You, thank You - for Your grace, for Your guidance, for Your mercy, for all of the blessings You have bestowed upon me and my family - even the ones I do not recognize just yet - THANK YOU!!!
